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Pakistan: A Secular State??

By Ibrahim Mahmood • Jun 28th, 2009 • Category: Politics

My God, you maybe thinking, this guy has really lost it now, what does he wants? What nonsense he keeps on writing? First he was teaching us about our Islam, and then he was spreading rubbish about beards and now, this? This is too much, you must be saying, this guy is a public nuisance [...]



What Lies Ahead- The Future Of Pakistan

By Mudassir Jalal • Apr 30th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Salute To The 13 Innocent Martyrs of Dir Lower
The news of martyring thirteen innocent kids of Lower Deer by a toy bomb has shocked everyone across the world. Those kids were not aware of the fact that the toy that brutal terrorist had given them would end their life. They would be happy to get [...]



Pakistan Politics - Selfish Politics (Urdu Article)

By M Mirza • Feb 7th, 2009 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


Messieurs President, PM & COAS: put nation before the US

By Dr Shireen M Mazari • Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

So now President Zardari wants US money to fight terrorism! Clearly he still has not understood the hard realities beyond the money factor! There is a persistent inability within our ruling elite – both civilian and military – to accept the most obvious messages coming out of Washington, if they do not fit into our [...]



Pakistan’s Transition to Democracy

By amicus • Jan 30th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

At the inception of 2007, General Musharraf’s roadmap was quite clear: to get himself elected for another five-year term from the outgoing assemblies and then to hold general elections in the country. He thought he could have manipulated the election results to ensure the return of PML (Q) to power or, at the most, could [...]



With Democrats

By Prof. Dr. Mansoor Akbar Kundi • Jan 28th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The traditional approach to international relations says that there is nothing permanent but national interests. John F. Dulles, the US Secretary of State under D. D. Eisenhover (1953-59) and architect of SEATO and CENTO said that there are several de facto regimes in the world that we do not recognize. We act, [...]



Our Own House at Fire…

By M Mirza • Jan 27th, 2009 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


For Pakistan: Secularism or Religious Chauvinism

By Salman Mugsi • Dec 20th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Still after more than sixty year of our independence, we are unable to decide that what really our founding father Quaid-e-Azam wanted when he made it happened. Or are we too afraid, confused or simply equivocal that we don’t want to face the reality?
Islam teaches about unity, yet we see that after all these years, [...]



Democracy May Not Be Ideal

By Anwar Jalal • Dec 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Democracy may not be ideal and perfect political system however it is generally recognized as the best one among the existing systems That is why most of [...]



Drudge Report: Downfall & Breakup of America

By Swaraaj Chauhan • Dec 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

American and European think-tanks and media experts have time and again speculated about the breakup of India and Pakistan. But this time they are not amused. This is because the well-known American Drudge Report has quoted a Russian professor about the coming breakup of the United States of America.
First, what is [...]